Quotes from Erno Rubik

I feel more like a father to a child: my Cube inspired thousands of 'twisty puzzles,' and I'm amazed how it continues to excite new generations.

I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms.

Throughout history, people have enjoyed playing both silly and clever games.

And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.

The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.

I think creativity is a capability of human being. When we're born, we're - all of us has this capability. But part of us forget to use it.

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.

I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something.

But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it.

I did not plan... the Cube as a competitive item.

Yes, but with the Cube there are many flashes, there are many aha's.

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.

I was searching for a way to demonstrate 3D movement to my students and one day found myself staring into the River Danube, looking at how the water moved around the pebbles. This became the inspiration for the cube's twisting mechanism. The fact that it can do this without falling apart is part of its magic.

Complex things, if you don't understand them, it seems complicated. If you understand them, and we know how to handle it, it became simple.

To solve the Cube, you need special skills and understanding. For example, pattern recognition is very important to solve the Cube.

If you find a solution with the Cube, it doesn't mean you find everything. It's only a starting point. You can work on and find something else: you can improve your solution, you can make it shorter, you can go deeper and deeper and collect knowledge and many other things.

We turn the Cube and it twists us.

I love the simplicity of the Cube because it's a very clear geometrical shape, and I love geometry because it's the study of how the whole universe is structured.

When you are studying from a book, lots of people go straight to the end to look for the answers. But that's not my style. For me, the most enjoyable part is the puzzle, the process of solving, not the solution itself.